Nancy and all, Nancy, thank you very much for your reply. We [INEGroup] are not very encouraged by ICANN's past history in holding elections, as you may know. We are also very concerned regarding policy making by ICANN that has already taken place without Stakeholder consent. From our reading of the ICANN At-Large membership documentation, it seems that ICANN's board, part of which was elected (Fraudulently?) ending October 8th '99. Many stakeholders were refused participation on the DNSO.ORG GA mailing list to participate in those elections, sense leading to several questionable claims from the DNSO NC that these stakeholders were of questionable validity, including myself. So as you can plainly understand we [INEGRoup] of some 108k members is very concerned about the intent of ICANN in general not to mention Governance, which they (The ICANN Board) have flatly denied that they represent. NANCY KRANICH wrote: > Thank you for your interest in the program held by FAIR in late > February. My talk was about Information Equity. I did not speak > about ICANN; it is not my area of expertise. ALA is a partner in > the Markle project. We intend to develop information for cyber > citizens about the vote should it ever come to pass and encourage > libraries to host elections. We are concerned about the nature of > the ICANN developments and are working with the partners to > encourage broader public involvement. > > Some key elements about the ICANN elections. > > 1. ICANN has not yet held its at-large elections. > > 2. ALA is working with the partners to explore how to make the election as > democratic as possible and to advise ICANN of our findings. We just held a > workshop of election experts at Harvard on that topic. > > 3. Two partners, CDT and Common Cause, have written a letter to the > ICANN Board urging caution. > > 4. A report by some of the partners about the state of the ICANN > elections recommends improvements in the democratic process for > electing governors. > > I assure you that ALA is concerned about developments with the ICANN > election process and we are working hard to encourage a more > responsive, accountable election and governance process. > > --Nancy Kranich > > > Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 16:13:25 -0800 > > From: Jeff Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Organization: INEGroup Spokesman > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [IFWP] "How To Fight the Corporate Takeover of the Internet", >but no mention of ICANN? > > > Michael, Ms Kranich and all, > > > > I also would like to know the answers to these questions as well. > > Thank you Ms Kranich for your cooperation in advance. > > > > > Dear Ms. Kranich- > > > > > > According to the FAIR announcement below, you are leading a > > > discussion tomorrow evening on "How To Fight the Corporate Takeover > > > of the Internet", yet on the agenda there is no mention of ICANN, > > > the non-profit corporation that has been set up by IBM, MCI, AT&T, > > > and US security groups to control the Internet infrastructure - the > > > domain name system and IP address allocation, and which has been > > > granted authority to do so by the Dept. of Commerce through an > > > undemocratic process. > > > > > > Nevertheless, I believe you are aware of ICANN, since the American > > > Library Association is, if I am not mistaken, one of the > > > organizations chosen by the Markle Foundation (a National Security > > > Council front) to receive grant monies for helping organize ICANN's > > > so-called At-large Membership, which has been stripped of any power > > > to either elect ICANN's Board of Directors or influence ICANN's > > > policies, in direct violation of the USG's White Paper on the > > > Internet. > > > > > > How do you explain the silence about ICANN at your FAIR meeting > > > tomorrow, on the one hand, and on the other your collaboration with > > > Markle and ICANN? > > > > > > Yours, > > > Michael Sondow > > > ================================================================= > > > INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF INDEPENDENT INTERNET USERS > > > http://www.iciiu.org (ICIIU) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Tel(718)846-7482 Fax(603)754-8927 > > > ================================================================= > > > > > > FAIR presents: > > > > > > NET LOSS: A Discussion of Information Equity & > > > How To Fight the Corporate Takeover of the Internet > > > with > > > Nancy Kranich > > > Associate dean, New York University Libraries & president, > > > American Library > > > Association > > > & > > > Frank Beacham > > > Journalist and technology critic > > > > > > Thursday, February 24, 6:30 PM > > > Housing Works Used Book Cafe > > > 126 Crosby St., (between Prince and Houston), NYC > > > *Free and open to the public* > > > > > > What do mergers like the proposed AOL/Time Warner deal mean for > > > future of > > > the internet? What implications does the net's increasing > > > commercialization > > > have for online diversity and democracy? Join FAIR for a > > > discussion with > > > two of the country's strongest advocates of freedom of > > > information and > > > access equity. > > > > > > ---------- > > > > Regards, > > > > -- > > Jeffrey A. Williams > > Spokesman INEGroup (Over 95k members strong!) > > CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. > > Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. > > E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Contact Number: 972-447-1894 > > Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208 > > > > > > > > ====================================================================== > Nancy Kranich, President-Elect > American Library Association > and > Associate Dean Voice: 212-998-2447 > New York University Libraries Fax: 212-995-4942 > 70 Washington Square South [EMAIL PROTECTED] or > New York, New York 10012 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams Spokesman INEGroup (Over 95k members strong!) CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
